hello, this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. warnings of more severe weather in mississippi — after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. two boats carrying migrants sink off the coast of tunisia. 29 people have died and others are still missing. early projections suggest voters in berlin have voted against making the german capital climate neutral by 2030, in a referendum held today. a major incident is declared in dorset in england after 200 barrels�* worth of oil spilled into the water at poole harbour. and why people in lebanon have woken up in two rival time zones in a row over daylight saving.

hello and welcome. the governor of mississippi has warned there are "significant risks" of more severe weather after a tornado left hundreds homeless. president biden has declared a major emergency in the state. this is the moment on friday when the wind barrelled through a school in the area, captured by cctv cameras inside the building. and these are the latest drone pictures after the tornado struck — carving a path of destruction 170 miles long. at least 25 people were killed in mississippi and one person in alabama. dozens have been injured. 0ur north america correspondent sophie long reports from mississippi. this is rolling fork, a small, close community in mississippi. there is little left. they've lost loved ones,

their homes, everything. we get storms like bad rain or, you know, probably high winds or something. but we never experience nothing like this where it can wipe out a whole town. you know, schools, children, you know, parents, loved ones. it wiped out everything. these girls said they came back to look for their belongings. they didn't find much. this is what remains of people's homes here in rolling fork. you can see washing machines, signs of a life that took place here before. the tornado struck in the middle of the night. many people were sleeping. you can imagine just how terrifying that must have been. ran in the bathroom, closed the door and jumped in the tub. _ francisco said the only warning he had was the noise of the wind, a sound that will haunt him forever. it was terrifying. and it was like something that i i never want to go through again.

i never want to experience that again in my life, - but i made it through it. but it was scary. he survived by sheltering in his bathroom, the only bit of the house that's still partially standing. there is some long term resentment here. mississippi is the poorest state in america, and some feel forgotten by leaders in the nation's capital. excuse my language. damn, you forgot about us? just because we already last in everything, you forgot about us? that's not right. that is very heart wrenching. other than we lost everything and we feel that we don't have support from the superior people also. president biden described what happened here as heartbreaking and said he and the first lady are praying for those who had lost loved ones. but people here are asking for more than prayers and emergency relief. they want long term support. sophie long, bbc news, rolling fork, mississippi. i'm joined now byjarrett brown —

he's a volunteer on the ground with the ngo team rubicon in rolling fork. thanks very much forjoining us. we were seeing in that piece, and we can see behind you, just how appalling the devastation is. tell us what you're doing and what people need. , , ., ~ i. ., need. yes, first, thank you for havin: need. yes, first, thank you for having us _ need. yes, first, thank you for having us on — need. yes, first, thank you for having us on the _ need. yes, first, thank you for having us on the show- need. yes, first, thank you for having us on the show to - need. yes, first, thank you for having us on the show to tell. need. yes, first, thank you for i having us on the show to tell our story and what's going on here on the ground. as you can see, standing behind me used to be at home. the neighbourhood i'm standing in was completely levelled. there's not much left from the path of the tornado out here. complete devastation throughout the entire town, about three quarters of the town, about three quarters of the town was affected. right now team rubicon in rolling are kind of standing by to see where we can best fit in. —— in rolling fork. this town is the definition of neighbours helping neighbours. everyone in the community showed up, farmers with

their tractors and backhoes, taking care of this town and getting cleaned up. there's still a long way to it's just beginning, cleaned up. there's still a long way to it'sjust beginning, but cleaned up. there's still a long way to it's just beginning, but there cleaned up. there's still a long way to it'sjust beginning, but there is a tremendous amount of support from local communities, taking care of themselves, the definition of neighbours helping neighbours. we have teams throughout mississippi right now in the other areas where multiple tornadoes touched down, to see what other communities might need our help as well, to see where we can help set up operations to do clean up. 50 we can help set up operations to do clean u -. , we can help set up operations to do clean u. , _., ,~ clean up. so where is everybody at the moment? _ clean up. so where is everybody at the moment? where _ clean up. so where is everybody at the moment? where are _ clean up. so where is everybody at the moment? where are people i the moment? where are people staying? the moment? where are people sta in: ? ., , the moment? where are people sta inc? ., , , , ., , staying? hotels, shelters, families, friends. wherever _ staying? hotels, shelters, families, friends. wherever they _ staying? hotels, shelters, families, friends. wherever they can - staying? hotels, shelters, families, friends. wherever they can get - staying? hotels, shelters, families, friends. wherever they can get in i friends. wherever they can get in the area. red cross typically set up shelters in a location where families and people can come for a safe place to lay down, food, water, drinks and hygiene, you know, if they can't get in the shelters, they try to book them in hotels or get them to friends and family. we were heafina them to friends and family. we were hearing earlier _ them to friends and family. we were hearing earlier in _ them to friends and family. we were hearing earlier in the _ them to friends and family. we were hearing earlier in the peace - them to friends and family. we were hearing earlier in the peace we - hearing earlier in the peace we played just before you, people saying they're concerned about being forgotten. there was a news

conference earlier from officials, local officials but also from the secretary of homeland security, saying that we are here for the long haul, really trying to convince people they're going to stay for the duration of the recovery. why are people convinced by that? i’m duration of the recovery. why are people convinced by that? i'm not exactly sure _ people convinced by that? i'm not exactly sure at — people convinced by that? i'm not exactly sure at this _ people convinced by that? i'm not exactly sure at this point. - people convinced by that? i'm not exactly sure at this point. i - exactly sure at this point. i haven't been able to speak with too many residents. 0ne haven't been able to speak with too many residents. one of the hardest things to do in a disaster, i mean, it's the worst thing to deal with and they don't know how to get to step two and every minute seems like an hour or a step two and every minute seems like an hour ora day, step two and every minute seems like an hour or a day, and step two and every minute seems like an hour ora day, and it step two and every minute seems like an hour or a day, and it does take time to put everything in place and get resources out here. but help is on the way. helpful come. they will get the assistance and i hope they get the assistance and i hope they get all the assistance they need, but there is a long process in this situation. but organisations like team rubicon, they are all, you know, we're coming out to the communities to help everyone. qm. communities to help everyone. 0k, thank ou communities to help everyone. 0k, thank you very _ communities to help everyone. 0k, thank you very much for to us. thank

you. thank you very much for to us. thank ou. . ~' thank you very much for to us. thank ou. . ~ , ., coastguards in tunisia say 29 people are now known to have drowned when two boats carrying migrants sank within hours of each other. the vessels were heading to italy as part of an increase in crossings that's seen several other boats sink, and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusa. four other boats have gone down in the region in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. earlier i spoke to elizia volkmann, a freelance journalist based in the tunisian capital, tunis, and began by asking her what why there has been an increase in migrant crossings. in the last month, we've had exceptional circumstances. this was preceded by mass arrests, which were endorsed by the president, who said that there needs to be radical measures to counteract what he called hordes of migrants. and then basically, we had a period of complete chaos where there was extreme racial violence and evictions.

so sub—saharans who had been either illegally working here or working clandestinely suddenly found themselves in real peril in danger. over 1,000 of them were made homeless. they have been appealing for evacuation outside of tunisia, but this surge is basically from fear and frustration, and trying to get towards europe so they can try and getjobs and work and have normal lives. and as i was saying, many have reached lampedusa. what is happening to them there? i would imagine they're being processed by the local authorities there. i mean, quite a lot of them are actually already registered as unhcr refugees, and they have become very frustrated because they've just been stuck in tunisia. tunisia is not a signatory to the geneva convention on refugees at all. so it's very much been sort

of living in limbo in tunisia, where there is a serious economic crisis and absolutely no future. so a number of them will be registered as asylum—seekers, as refugees. the increase in boats leaving north africa for europe has meant a busy start to spring for aid groups rescuing migrants from the mediterranean. we've been sent a video diary from emmanuele nannini, an aid worker with the humanitarian organisation emergency. its vessel, the life support, carried out three rescues off the coast of libya on saturday, before responding to distress calls from tunisia. and apologies for the background noise in this clip. we have been performing the rescue operation in a very hot area for the migration in the past days. two nights ago we rescued in international waters in front of the media, a rapid boat with 70 people onboard.

the vessel...would never make it to a safe place. so we performed the rescue in very difficult conditions. we overheard by radio about many other distressed cases on the tunisia—lampedusa route, so we proceed toward those cases. we rescued yesterday morning the other two boats with 35 and 38 people on board. in the boat that we rescued, we rescued several children and many unaccompanied minors, as well as women and three pregnant women. meanwhile, italian authorities on the island of lampedusa have seized a rescue ship funded by british street artist banksy. the italian coast guard said the mv louise michel failed to follow instructions to head to sicily, and instead went to help three more migrant boats.

officials were concerned the vessel would become dangerously overcrowded. but the crew said they could not ignore calls for help. a major incident has been declared due to an oil leak in dorset in southwest england. the incident happened at wytch farm, which is an oilfield. 0ur reporter greg mckenzie has more details. poole harbour is the largest natural harbour in dorset, in southern england. and what has happened is a pipe has burst under 0wers bay. that pipeline is operated by an oil company, perenco, and its estimated 200 barrels of reservoir fluid, which can also include types of oil, has leaked into the water. so an emergency has been declared down in dorset, and ultimately, members of the public are being urged not to get into the water.

now, anyone who has come into contact with the spill or been in the water earlier today, because this happened this afternoon, when the incident was declared, they have been told to simply wash with warm water to get the chemicals off of them. and the police have been contacted, as have the poole harbour commissioners, who have basically declared this a major incident, and major agencies are involved. let's ta ke let's take you to israel now, we have some live pictures to show you from tel aviv, where thousands of people have been taking to the streets in protest. this is after its real�*s prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked his defence minister —— after irael�*s prime minister —— after irael�*s prime minister sacked his defence minister, yoav gallant, after he called

on the government to suspend overhauling the judiciary. protesters are lighting a bonfire in the middle of the motorway. it follows months of protests over the plans, which will make it harder for courts to remove a leader deemed unfit for office. campaigners say they threaten the country's democracy, but netenyahu insists they're �*responsible'. thousands of israelis taking to the streets in tel aviv, a bonfire in the middle of the motorway. campaigners hoping to make berlin climate neutral by 2030 appear to have lost the referendum — acccording to initial results. the binding referendum was seen as a test of whether germans want their country's climate policy to be more ambitious. 0ur berlin correspondent, damien mcguinness, explains more. just over 400,000 people voted no but slightly more than that voted yes. so what that means is more people voted yes than no,

saying they did want a climate neutral berlin by 2030, but not enough to make this law, and that's because one of the things about this referendum is, you needed 25% of the entire berlin electorate in order for this referendum to be valid and binding and to go straight into berlin law. that did not happen, so they missed the target. campaigners say they're disappointed but they say this is just the beginning of theirfight, because this is obviously a long—term issue and the national target of 2045, a lot of people in berlin say is too little too late. the reason they didn't win, though, and the reason why this referendum was so controversial, is that the targets were really ambitious. it would have transformed the city, campaigners say for the better, because it would've got rid of a lot of cars from the city centre, which is what they want. but then, of course, if you're a car driver living on the edge of the city and you need that car, it's not what you want. so, it was quite a divisive campaign and a divisive issue, really dividing the city in two between green voting young people in the centre and a lot of conservative,

sometimes older people on the city edges and in the outer boroughs who really didn't agree with the referendum at all and don't agree with the entire issue. so it's, on one hand, a big cultural divide within berlin, but also a matter of money, and berlin's political leaders said achieving this target so quickly and so soon would have been far too expensive for the city to manage, budget wise. it would have meant refitting public buildings to make them emissions free and completely transforming the transport network, which berlin's government said was just unaffordable. so that's why, really, a lot of people voted no in the end, it seems. now it's time to get all of the sport. many thanks. we'll start with football. it's been another busy day of european qualifiers. england have started their campaign with two wins out of two.

they beat ukraine 2—0 at wembley. both goals came in the first half. captain harry kane, who broke the all—time england goalscoring record in the win against italy last thursday, scored his 55th international goal. bukayo saka, who provided the cross for that goal, then scored a really fine second. they top their group ahead of their next qualifiers against malta and north macedonia injune. in the other qualifiers, there was a huge shock in astana. kazakhstan were 2—0 down against denmark but won 3—2. substitute abat aimbetov got the winner in the final minute. he was yellow carded for his celebrations and then picked up a second booking in injury time and was sent off. also in group h, slovenia beat san marino 2—0 and finland are beating northern ireland i—0, italy are beating malta 2—0 in england's group, and in group] liechtenstein lost 7—0 at home to iceland. aron gunnarsson scored a hatrick.

portugal 4—0 up in luxembourg. cristiano ronaldo has scored twice. slovakia beating boznia herzegovina 2—0. cricket, a thrilling finish in the final of the inaugral women's premier league. it went down to the last few balls with mumbai indians beating delhi capitals by seven wickets. mumbai were asked to field first and england fast bowler issy wong took three early wickets. hayley matthews also returned with impressive figures ofjust 3 for 5. a final wicket stand of 52 from shika pandey and rahda yadav saw delhi reach 131—9. mumbai only lost 3 wckets but were a long way behind the required run rate before another england star, nat sciver—brunt took hold of the innings and hit the winning runs in the final over. she was unbeaten on 60. mumbai indians the first winners of the women's premier league. in rugby, italy pushed france close in the women's six

nations championship before eventually losing 22—12 in parma. the french only led by three points at one satge in the second half before pulling clear with a try in the closing stages. the french face ireland in cork next weekend and the italians travel to england. over 200,000 people lined the river thames in london to watch cambridge and oxford boat races. cambridge men led for most of the race but were frequently warned after getting too close to oxford in the early stages. they soon pulled away, completing the four and a quarter mile course from putney to mortlake in just over 18 minutes. cambridge continued their dominance of the women's race, winning for the sixth time in a row. 0xford had held on for a while in the early stages, but cambridge soon pulled ahead and never looked like being challenged. soa so a light blue double. and that's all the sport for now. thanks. in parts of the uk

the police have been accused of failing children, following a highly critical report, into their use of strip searches. new figures show almost three thousand children were strip—searched by police forces in england and wales, between 2018 and mid 2022. the youngest was just 8 years old. more than half didn't involve an appropriate adult being present, as required by law, except when there's a serious risk to life, and black children were up to six times more likely to be strip—searched, compared to the rest of the population. the children's commissioner for england says she's deeply concerned about the findings, as celestina 0lulode reports. about the findings, a year ago, thousands marched in solidarity with child 0, a black schoolgirl strip—searched by police in 2020. wrongly accused of carrying cannabis, the 15—year—old was on her period at the time. her ordeal has encouraged others to come forward. 0ne teenager recounted his experience being strip—searched at the age of 13 to the children's commissioner.

now 19 years old, his words are voiced by an actor. after being arrested at school, he was taken to a police station. the children's commissioner has raised concerns about locations where the strip searches were carried out. i have seen data sharing strip searches in a fast food outlet, in an amusement park and in a number of schools and police vehicles. both totally unacceptable. there needs to be training for all staff who might do this. there needs to be better data and record keeping. it is shocking to me and parents

need to be informed. responding to the findings, the national police chiefs' council said... but this campaigner says more action is needed. there should be a complete cessation on searches until we have _ those safeguards in place. until there's a proper system of reporting i and scrutiny and oversight, because otherwise we're allowing potentially abusive situations - to continue to be perpetuated. the children's commissioner says she will be calling for more police data next year. imagine waking up and not knowing what time it is.

well, thats what's happening in lebanon. people have been waking up in two time zones, with the country's political and religious authorities unable to agree on when the clocks should go forward. the caretaker prime minister, najeeb mikarti, announced that daylight saving would begin at the end of ramadan in late april, allowing those fasting to enjoy their first meal of the day earlier. but the christian authorities insisted on the change on the last sunday in march, as happens most years. i'm joined now by wael taleb, who is a journalist for the lebanese newspaper l'0rient today in beirut. just tell me, this must be very confusing for everybody, tell me what on earth is going on. yes. confusing for everybody, tell me what on earth is going on. yes, it's very confusing _ what on earth is going on. yes, it's very confusing for— what on earth is going on. yes, it's very confusing for everyone. - what on earth is going on. yes, it's very confusing for everyone. we i what on earth is going on. yes, it's i very confusing for everyone. we have now two time zones in the same country. i don't think another country. i don't think another country has that. what's happened is that, as you said, the caretaker prime minister and the parliament agreed on this, because it was the

muslim fast, to ease their fasting because it makes their first an hour or less. so because both of them, the caretaker prime minister and the parliament speaker, are muslims, the christians, and because it was a move made for muslims, the christians, the christian parties took this very personally. i think the move itself is not bad per se, but you have to plan ahead for it to work. you can't announce it three days before. this will cause all kinds of problems at the airport, for people who, for companies, for people who do this... 50 for people who, for companies, for people who do this. . ._ people who do this... so what has been happening — people who do this... so what has been happening at _ people who do this... so what has been happening at the _ people who do this... so what has been happening at the airport, - people who do this... so what has been happening at the airport, forj been happening at the airport, for example? what time our flight saying they're going to take off?— they're going to take off? they're usin: they're going to take off? they're using summertime, _ they're going to take off? they're using summertime, unlike - they're going to take off? they're using summertime, unlike the i using summertime, unlike the official time now, for example. and

my own newspaper we are using summertime as well, this is a decision that was made in a0 seconds between the parliament speaker and the prime minister without any anticipation of what would happen. they mate, i guess, a populist move is because both of them are muslims and that the sectarian, so trying to get muslim support. and the christian parties took this very personally. the main religious institution in lebanon is saying it will not abide by this time for a lot of tvs are not abiding by the official time. lot of tvs are not abiding by the officialtime. lots lot of tvs are not abiding by the official time. lots of companies, like my company. so, yes. shire official time. lots of companies, like my company. so, yes. are people auoin to like my company. so, yes. are people going to decide _ like my company. so, yes. are people going to decide what _ like my company. so, yes. are people going to decide what time _ like my company. so, yes. are people going to decide what time they - like my company. so, yes. are people going to decide what time they take . going to decide what time they take children to school tomorrow, for example? are you going to have your bossis example? are you going to have your boss is sending out messages about which time zone you are using? what's going on?— what's going on? yes, it's very confusing. _ what's going on? yes, it's very confusing, actually. _ what's going on? yes, it's very confusing, actually. because i confusing, actually. because everyone is... if i'm going, if i have an appointment, i have to ask them which time they are using. if i

have a doctor's appointment or something. regarding schools, they are using the official time, which is not summertime, which is the old time. so now people are describing it as, we have a muslim and an official time. the head of the christian party, he said, we christians were not abide by this time and this time is for people who are, who have primitive time. fik. are, who have primitive time. 0k. well, good _ are, who have primitive time. 0k. well. good luck— are, who have primitive time. 0k. well, good luck navigating it, thank you for talking to us. thank you very much. you for talking to us. thank you very much-— you for talking to us. thank you very much. you for talking to us. thank you ve much. . ~' i., ., . let me show you these live pictures from israel. there are lots of protesters on the streets of tel aviv and were hearing some protesters have breached barricades near prime minister benjamin netanyahu's home in jerusalem, so these protests have

been going on for 12 weeks now, and will keep you updated throughout the day. thank you for watching. hello. things have been turning progressively colder today. we started with some rain across southern areas as that slowly cleared eastwards, it left a hang back of cloud, but also some bright or sunny spells. but the north or northeasterly winds have been starting to dig in. and with that cold air already embedded across parts of scotland and northern england, some of the showers that we saw here gave a covering of snow. and there's more wintry showers overnight for the northern isles, northern scotland, northeast england, perhaps even clipping parts of east anglia. increasingly clear skies for many away from eastern coasts, but some cloud developing through parts of wales and southwest england, maybe a few showers here. and also temperatures here will be a few degrees above freezing. but for many, temperatures at or below zero, minus five or minus six for parts of northern scotland. so an ice risk where we've had the showers and a frost for many.

so it's a cold and dry start to the new week. it doesn't last for long. it will soon turn wet and windy, but also very mild, particularly for the middle part of the week. this is how monday shapes up. underneath an area of high pressure, it's the only day of the week that we see this set up. waiting in the wings is our next atlantic system. we'll see the cloud moving in ahead of that later in the day. but monday morning will be crisp, plenty of sunshine for many. still some wintry showers for eastern coast. they will tend to fade once again. cloud for parts of south west england and wales could bring a few showers, but cloud, rain, sleet and snow moving into the northern isles later in the day. still a cold feeling day, but we'll have lost that biting northeasterly wind. it won't feel quite as cold as sunday, particularly for the northeastern coast. and a dry cold start to monday night before the cloud starts to gather ahead of this atlantic system that i previously mentioned. and this will be extending its way north and eastwards through the early hours of tuesday morning and then staying with us for much of the day on tuesday. and as it bumps into that cold air across scotland, the potential that we could see some snow for a time through tuesday

morning, certainly some heavy rain initially across western areas, but then soon extending further eastwards, perhaps turning drier and brighter across northern ireland in the afternoon, temperatures rising a touch. but given the strengthening wind, the cloud and the rain, still going to feel on the cool side. and then there's more atlantic systems moving our way as we head through wednesday, thursday. and an area of low pressure will linger through friday and saturday. so after that cold, dry start on monday, it will quickly turn wetter and potentially windy as well through thursday and friday, but also much milder.

this is bbc news, the headlines. president biden declares a major emergency in the us state of mississippi after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. hundreds have been left homeless, whilst search and rescue efforts continue. two boats carrying migrants have sunk off the coast of tunisia, causing 29 people to die. it comes as italian media report that a record two thousand migrants arrived at the island of lampedusa is the last 2a hours. a major incident has been declared due to an oil leak in dorset in southwest england. the incident happened at wytch farm, which is an oilfield. early projections suggest that people in berlin have voted against making the german capital climate neutral by 2030, after a referendum.